Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-06-09
EDUCATIONAL

EDUCATIONAL.
Circular to County School Commissioners
From State Superintendent Coleman.
State Superintendent W. E. Coleman
directs the attention of county school SUI
perintendents to the following inform atIor
for their gui6.nce in regard to reports
etc:
.Endeavor. as far as in your power, to have the
district clerks to furnish correct reports: re-
quire every item filled out: see that Money on
Hand July Il is reported You will please
make up your report and transmit IL 10 inns
office as soon as possible after July u. Shouia
CLERKS refuse to report. write card to them
and refer them to the last sentence IN sectlor
1905, also to sections 7042 and 7d61-as arnendeo
You would do we'll to have section 7o42 printed
in your county papers. each board in your
county must elect clerk to go into once on
July IS 1887 the old clerk can not legally serve
unless he is reelected: upon entering upon his
duties as clerk he should be furn shed with the
district records; if the board desire the olStrlct
clerk may be sworn. The old clerk must make
the annual report required by section 1857 be
fore he goes out of office on july ID rs the new
one is not familiar with the statistics; no war
rant can be issued to the clerk for service-as
such-untl his annual report, enumeration, re
turns, etc, have been made and filed as the Law
directs See following:
Sec 7O42 The directors shall meet, within
five days after the annual meeting at some
place within the district, and organize by elect
ing one of their number for pr sident; and the
board shall, on or before the fifteenth day
July select q clerk who shall enter upon his
duties on the fifteenth day of July
but no compensation shall be allowed
such clerk until all reports required by law
and by the hoard. have been duly made ant
fled 4 majority of the board shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business: Pro
vided, each member shall have due notice
the time. place and purpose of such meeting
and in case of the absence of the clerk, one o,
the directors may act temporarily in his place
The clerk shall keep correct record OF the
proceedings of all the meetings of the board
y O member of the board shall receive any com
pensation for performing the duties Of di-
rector.
Do what you can to organize, and have con
Quoted this summer in your county, success
full County Teachers institute; blanks vii
be sent out in August for report OF same:
please notify by card when your institute viii
begin, length of term and the name of the con
ductor.
II YOU desire printed questions from this
Office and are willing to hold one public examl-
nation in July or August. and use them only
that one time, please notify me by June /.
They are to be considered as guides IN forming
your questions; they must not be used more
than once. List of teachers holding State GER
tificates and Special Certificates will be fur
nished on demand: no more special Cert1t
| Gates will be issued by this department. Wher
YOU write for blanks, specify definitely what
| YOU want and how many. The supply OF blanks
| for your county will be sent out in February OF
| each year. The school laws will not be
| out for several months; they will be furnished
! as soon as printed. Below find two amended
| sections that were omitted in my circular sent
| to you in April:
Sec 714S The board shall keep common
| seal with which to attest its official acts. The
| board shall have power to continue the public
| their reSDectiye districts Tor Dor1OQ
| of not less than seven nor more than ten
/ months, when the effect of such continuane
| will not increase the total estimate for scho
| purposes to an amount exceeding forty cents
| on the hundred dolla' of the valuation OF tn
| taxable property of the district unless other
! wise legally ordered at the annual meeting.
| Sec 1852. The county or township collector
shall pay over to the treasurer of said board OF
! education all moneys received and collected
| by him, to which said board is entitled at least
| once in every month; and upon such payment
| he shall take duplicate receipts from sa1d treas
| urer one of which he shall file with the secre
! tary of said board of education, and the other
| shall be filed in his settlement with the county
! court.
The foregoing sections, with those included
| in nv first circular, will so into effect June 20
| You should purchase q seal ana nave IL READY
| by that time-if you have not one already You
| should call the attention of your board TO the
| provisions of section 7145-as amended. 1t is
as follows:
"Section 7145. Within five days after the an
| nual meeting the board shall meet the newly
| elected members be qualified, ana the boafd
/ organize by the election of q president and
/ vice-president, and the board SHALL on or before
the fifteenth day of July of each year. elect
secretary and treasurer, who shall enter upon
/ their respective duties on the fifteenth day OF
| July: said secretary and treasurer may be or
! NAV not be a member of the board. No COM
peasation shall be granted to either the score
tary or the treasurer until his report and settle
ment shall have been made and filed or
| published as the law directs. A majority of
the board shall constitute quorum for the
| transaction of business, but no contract shall
be let, teacher employed, bill approved or war
| rant ordered, unless d majority of the whole
! board shall vote therefor. The president and
secretary, except as herein specified, shall per-
form the same duties and be subject to the
! same liabilities the presidents and clerks OF
| school boards of other districts.
Your board must select q Secreta y ana
treasurer to go into Office on the 18th day or
July 1887 They serve one year from that date.
The ones chosen under the old law, in April,
can not serve after July Is. unless reelected.
Your attention is again called to the report re-
ouired by "new section on As page Of scho j
laws of 1885; this report is not due until July
IS. and YOU will confer great favor upon this
department by having copy forwarded to this
office in stamped envelope sent you in April.
Do not send report until July, so that money
on hand July y may be duly reported; please
read section 713S in connection with this '.neaO
section" II you did not receive circular includ-
ing amendments to the law. notify me, and
| will send them again. Yours truly,
w. E. COLEMAN.